Purification

In the religions of the world, there is strongemphasis on the practice of "purification" for the religious transformation ofmind and body in connection with achieving such ultimate objectives asenlightenment and salvation. The contributors discuss the great diversity offorms and meanings with respect to religious transformation in their respectivefields of research. While invoking earlier debates within the study ofreligions and theology on the topic of "purification" the studies in thisvolume penetrate further into the meaning and structure of religioustransformation of mind and body in the religions of the world and opencomparative perspectives on this topic.>

Info autore

GerhardMarcel Martin is retired Professor for Practical Theology at the University ofMarburg, Germany.KatjaTriplett is Professor for the Study of East Asian Religions at the Universityof Göttingen, Germany.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gerhard M. Triplett Martin, Gerhard Marcel Martin, Gerhard Marcel Triplett Martin, Katja Triplett
• Con la collaborazione di: Gerhard Marcel Martin (Editore), Katja Triplett (Editore), Triplett Katja (Editore)
• Editore: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 18.07.2013
• EAN: 9780567191410
• ISBN: 978-0-567-19141-0
• Pagine: 192
• Serie: T & T Clark Theology; T & T Clark Theology
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; RELIGION / Eastern, East Asian religions, Oriental Religions